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ing,) and he and Mr D. Milne Home explained the formation 

 of the Kaim on which the castle stood, illustrating their re- 

 marks hy diagrams. 



Mr D. Milne Home exhibited a manufactured flint, which 

 had been found near this spot some two or three years ago by 

 Mr Fulton, of Coldstream, while digging out rabbits. It was 

 found in a bed of sand and gravel, and at a depth of 10 or \% 

 feet from the surface. It was apparently a part of a rude 

 spear head. 



Mr Stevenson of Dunse gave an account of a cist which 

 had been found on the farm of Grueldykes, near Dunse, dur- 

 ing the railway operations. It contained a complete skele- 

 ton, with parts of a broken urn ; the skull and some other 

 bones, and the fragments of the urn were exhibited. 



The following members, proposed at last meeting, were ad- 

 mitted : — Rev. Edward Mangin, Rector of Howick ; Rev. 

 Edward Merrett, Vicar of Lesbury ; Mr Thomas Clutter- 

 buck, Warkworth, and Mr Thomas Tate, Bilton, Alnwick ; 

 and six new candidates were proposed. 



Leaving the Boat-house the members assembled in a group, 

 and were photographed by the boatman. The photograph 

 is a very successful one, and will form an interesting illus- 

 tration to be bound up with the minutes of this meeting. 



Under the guidance of Mr Mearns the remains of the 

 castle were explored ; but some of the members looked with 

 suspicion on the drain or sewer, by which the English are 

 supposed by Mr Mearns to have got admission to the castle 

 in 1419, seeing that it would only admit a man of very small 

 proportions. The Lady's walk is still a fine terrace, and the 

 mound which marks the site of the donjon tower commands a 

 noble view. It is singular that almost no dressed or sculptured 

 stones remain ; only one was observed, and it was used as a 

 water-trough for poultry at a cottage door. The escarpment 

 at the schoolhouse was examined, and also the quarry in the 

 Kaim, in both of which the nature of the stratification is 

 clearly discernible. 



The party then separated, one section going to Learmouth 



